Letter-Selection Brainteaser (Two Puzzles in One)

[Otis]

Find two different answers to this letter-selection rhyme.

My first is in SCRAMBLE and also in BUCK.

My second's in SOAK but it's never in STUCK.

My third is in THANKFUL and part of a DUKE.

My fourth is in MERCY and also in CUKE.

My fifth is in DISHY and HANDLE and THUD.

Is this crystal clear or perhaps clear as mud?
The letters in order will help you to see
A type of potato you might eat or be.



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[Harry_the_cat]

Spoiler

baked, caked

 

[Dr.Peterson]

Find two different answers to this letter-selection rhyme.

Spoiler

My first is in SCRAMBLE and also in BUCK.

BC​

My second's in SOAK but it's never in STUCK.

OA​

My third is in THANKFUL and part of a DUKE.

KU​

My fourth is in MERCY and also in CUKE.

CE​

My fifth is in DISHY and HANDLE and THUD.

DH​

Is this crystal clear or perhaps clear as mud?
The letters in order will help you to see
A type of potato you might eat or be.

COUCH, BAKED

 

[Otis]

Spoiler

baked, caked

Is your second answer Aussie slang for being drunk? (Or, maybe that's what your first answer means, and Aussies ice their spuds.)



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